Chapter 128

She was insatiable.

As the violinist at the edge of the western dining room switched to a new tune, the familiar strains of Tango of Intimacy filled the air.

Gwendolyn wasn’t a connoisseur of music, but she vividly remembered that piece from a college appreciation class. It was a famous tango that depicted the intricate dance of lovers entwined in an inescapable embrace.

Was she and Mr. Chadwick just a step apart?

Suddenly, a large shadow fell beside her. As she looked up, there stood Howard.

“Mr. Chadwick, why are you standing…”

“It’s fine, they won’t gossip.”

Howard took her hand and guided her to the floor–to–ceiling window, saying, “From this angle in the restaurant, you can see the Summit Corp skyscraper.”

Gwendolyn turned her head and her gaze slowly drifted across the river to the most prominent structure on the skyline, the Summit Corp building. Its towering form was adorned with an expansive glass curtain wall that typically flashed advertisements or time to awaken the city.

Then, the display changed with glowing red letters.

It read: “I Love You Three Thousand.”

Gwendolyn parted her lips slightly, and she turned to Howard, her face a mixture of surprise and wonder.

heartache dissolved into

Chadwick, may I

Howard’s arms, wrapping

but a statement,” he said, bobbing his Adam’s apple.

cheek against his chest and said, “I learned it

looked down.

handsome

his dark eyes, which shimmered with a shadowy depth.

of her eye, his movements slow,

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the tip of

the wine seems quite

Herbal Liquor had been finished two days ago. It couldn’t

spoke, his actions became more intense, capturing her lips and draining the oxygen from her

kissed fervently, just like in days past. Her mind felt slow, yet she remembered the crude jokes Valor

windows with one–way glass, the more thrilling the better.

watched doing this? The

this

“Two–way glass.”

glass meant whatever they did could be seen.

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